Dark Light

Two weeks after they had passed their magic courses, the time had come for the couple to move. Not only had they found the perfect house, they had found the perfect neighbours. They had sold Dark Light’s house in Canterlot after finding this house in Ponyville. Applejack even managed to get them a discount on it after they told her of their plans to move to Ponyville. The transition from the big city to the rural town was not as difficult as they had thought, with both ponies settling in very well with some help from the friends they had made on their last trip to Ponyville. After all of their belongings had been moved they had been told that there was yet another party in the sweet apple acres barn. Which was much like the first party they had had, only this time it involved a lot more dancing, and the celebration was much more exiting given the fact they were moving here permanently. An hour in Applejack made a big announcement to welcome Dark Light and Shimmer Heart and made a toast to the couple. Then Dark light whispered in shimmer’s ear after which shimmer gave a nod and waved at AJ indicating she wanted to say something at which the orange pony nodded and got everypony else to be quite so Shimmer could talk.

“Thank you so much, everypony. The move here was difficult but the help you offered us has really been apriciated,” Dark light smiled and nodded. “Now, there is something that Dark Light and I would like to share with you all. We are going to be having a foal!” There was a tremendous noise of ponies clapping their hooves against the floor and a lot of ah’s signifying the approval of all the ponies at the party. All the mares came over one by one and gave Shimmer a hug while all the stallions gave Dark Light a friendly hand shake, aside from Big Macintosh, who, to his surprise, gave Dark Light a hug.

Just before ponies started to leave Dark Light got everypony’s attention and led Shimmer to an elevated platform in full view of all the ponies in the barn.

“Shim, could you close your eyes?” The grey unicorn asked. She obliged with a smile on her face, not knowing why he wanted her to not see what he was going to do. When her eyes were closed the stallion brought out a ring which he had hidden in his mane and knelt down with the case open revealing a shining circle of gold emblazoned with a small diamond. “You can open them now,” She opened her eyes and saw the ring, covered her mouth and started to tear up. “Shimmer Heart, Will you marry me?”

“Of course I will!” The teary mare said. The two, now engaged, unicorns embraced each other as the crowd cheered loudly and the hug moved on to a kiss. There was one pony that was happy for the couple but was worried at the same time.

“This is great. You two are having a foal and you are getting married! There needs to be another party though otherwise we won’t have celebrated enough and-and!”

“Pinky, it’s fine. This party is good enough for the both of us,” Shimmer interrupted. The pony looked relieved when shimmer said this, smiling and being particularly bouncy. Apple Jack came over to them and gave them both a hug. Rarity came over and offered to make the dresses for the bride and bride’s maids with no cost, with shimmer objecting but failing to persuade her not to.

There wasn’t a lot of time to plan the wedding, as the two engaged unicorns wanted it to happen before the foal came but they also wanted to have it a bit of a break between settling in and getting married. This didn’t stop them being the talk of the town, and shimmer sent a letter to her parents who quickly came to visit them and give them their congratulations on both the foal and the wedding. Shimmer’s father took a liking to Dark Light and gave his blessing on the wedding. Shimmer’s mother was very excited and kept on asking how Dark Light proposed with shimmer not wanting to tell here for fear of her being underwhelmed. This fear came to a close as her fiancé started to get annoyed at her mother’s incessant asking and started to tell her.

“We were at a party that some friends of ours had organised to celebrate us moving in. It was great fun and it was brilliant, seeing them again. About an hour in there was a big speech from one of the ponies who lived her and helped run the farm saying that it was a great honour to have another two, well, three ponies making Ponyville their home. After this we told them that Shim was pregnant and near to the end of the party, just before everypony was about to leave, I got their attention, took Shim by the hoof and took her on stage, where I asked her to close her eyes. In front of all the ponies there, I knelt down and held an open box containing the ring and asked her to open her eyes, and with the ring in hoof, I asked her to marry me,” The story started to draw tears from his future mother in law.

“Oh, how romantic!” Dark Light smiled as the mare wrapped her front legs around him. He sighed and winked at Shim in an ‘I told you so’ kind of way, who returned with a smile and blew a kiss. After the mare had let go, her husband came over and placed his front hooves on Dark Light’s shoulder.

“You be good to her, ok?” The father said, in a gently firm tone.

“Daaaad!” Shimmer moaned in a tone showing her embarrassment.

“You have my word,” Dark Light replied, smiling and ignoring Shimmer’s complaint. With that, the father smiled and wished him the best.

At the end of the day, Shimmer’s parents left to go home as Shimmer turned to Dark Light and started to speak to him about the happenings of the day.

“Sorry about my dad, Light. He can be a bit aggressive at times,”

“Don’t worry about it shim. He was only protecting his beautiful daughter and besides, if we have a filly I’ll probably do the same when she comes of age,” This cheered Shimmer up as she smiled at him and kissed him softly. “Now, what’d you say to us heading home and getting some rest,” The mare agreed and they headed off to their home and slept.

The day had arrived. Shimmer and Dark Light were getting married. They had decided to have the ceremony in Canterlot so as to not forget their shared past. The wedding was taken by none other than Princess Celestia, as she had received a letter from Twilight Sparkle saying some friends of hers were getting married and at this the princess offered to host the ceremony. Dark light had chosen Big Mac as his Best Stallion and Shimmer chose Applejack as her Mare of Honour, with Apple Bloom being a bride’s maid. The other bride’s maids were of course, Pinky Pie, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Twilight Sparkle.

All of the ponies that were at the party where Dark Light proposed were there as guests and so were some of the other residents of Ponyville and for some reason the wonderbolts were there as well. The wedding was soon to start and Dark Light was both nervous and exited, a state that Pinky had named nervousited (but is more aptly described by the term 'apprehensive'). Dark Light and Shimmer were in separate rooms and were waiting for the wedding to start, but before it did both of them looked in a mirror and turned to their respective apple family member.

“Applejack, how do I look?” Shimmer asked the orange pony, who was speechless and dumbfounded by her sheer beauty in her dress.

“Aw heck, sugar cube. Beauty ain’t a good enough word fer what ah can see,” AJ said, which was received by a smile and a Hug from the bride.

“Oh dear. Big Mac, Do I look good enough? I don’t feel like I do,” The groom was panicking a little as Big Macintosh put a hoof on his shoulder.

“Eyup. You ain’t got nuthin’ to worry about. Yer lookin’ great!” This was received with a sigh and Dark Light, thanked Big Mac and gave him a hug which the red stallion returned. The groom controlled his breathing and was escorted to the front of the main hall with Big Mac who stood there smiling at him. The princess leaned over to him and started to speak to him.

“Don’t get too nervous, you’ll calm down a lot when you see your wife-to-be,” She said with a smile. The grey stallion looked down and smiled, snapping his head up to attention as he heard the bridal march. He looked over to the door and his jaw dropped. Celestia was right. He was no longer nervous.  He was over the moon, so to speak. The mare with the wedding vale was so beautiful. Words could not describe. Her father was next to her, they had their arms locked as they approached the front. Dark Light felt his heart beating as he saw his other heart in a wedding dress approaching him with a few tears on her cheek and a smile on her face. Shimmer reached the front and then lifted her veil as the princess started the wedding.

“Mares and Stallions. Fillies and Colts. We are gathered her today to bring together Dark Light and Shimmer Heart in a permanent bond of love. They have declared their love for each other and are ready to show the power that love can bring,” She went on and the two unicorns locked front legs and smiled. “Do you, Dark Light, take Shimmer Heart to be your bride?”

“I do,”

“And do you, Shimmer Heart, take Dark Light to be your husband?”

“I do,”

“Then I now pronounce you husband and wife,” The princess declared as she place a ring on each of the couples horns. “You may kiss the bride,” The newlywed couple leant in and share their most romantic kiss yet, whilst the other ponies in the hall stomped their hooves against the ground. They were married. Better yet, they were having a foal.

The reception was amazing, a big party with lots of balloons but it still seemed like an adult party. Pinky Pie was good at doing that, making an adult’s party fun. At both Shimmer’s and Dark Light’s request, the party ended with a slow dance using the same song that was played at the goodbye party when the couple first visited Ponyville. Again there were a lot of couples dancing, with Twilight again dancing with Big Mac, AJ with Clover and Rarity with Caramel, but this time Rainbow Dash was dancing with one of the wonderbolts, Soarin’, on the ground, and they were both staring into each other’s eyes smiling. Fluttershy was dancing with a stallion she had met on winter wrap up, called Dr. Hooves, and she seemed to be enjoying her dance more than Rainbow Dash was enjoying hers. There were a lot more couples on the dance floor; Shimmer’s parent’s being one of them.

Dark Light and Shimmer were just staring into each other’s eyes, just like Soarin’ and Rainbow Dash. The difference being, they were doing it with a lot more love. They were both smiling and were entranced by the beauty of the other partner’s eyes. Then, it happened. The most magical moment of both of their lives. Quite literally. They were bordered by a light red aura and started levitating themselves above all the guests. They embraced each other with the best kiss, of either of their lives.